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Poor. swarn with Thakkar he was one of the pillars of rowing

Quick look at Indian Quotas ( with an eye for Tokyo ) - we did well this time in multiple sports - we have a record number of quotas but I felt we lost very closely some of the quotas - so ye dil mange more - My thoughts for Tokyo based on this qualification sequence ( this is for the events over till now when we compare them with london ) TT ( sharp improvement over london ) -> record numbers equally Barcelona ( where there were 3 men and 1 women ) - 4 ( the maximum we could have had was 6 ) - We were within knocking distance of a team ( 3 men quota ) .....our men have improved ...for the first time we have 2 men in the top 75 ........ the women also for the first time seem to coming close to the top 100 which showed in 2 women qualifying ..... for us the draw was favorable ....next time we can definitely try for the mens team quota ( Hope for Tokyo - 5 ) Hockey ( sharp improvement over london ) - First time since Moscow have we had the women's team qualifying and the men also for the first time could be medal prospects ...so we achieved maximum 32- ( Hope for Tokyo - 32 ) Shooting ( good improvement over london ) - Our highest ever strength of 12 ....... first quota in skeet ............ we were just a point or two away from quotas in the Asian qualification in .............women's 3 position , double trap ( 2 people ) , 25m rapid fire , mens 10 m air rifle , pistol-10m for men and skeet men ........................so with luck we can next time hope for 15 -16 Quotas Badminton ( good improvement over london ) - This time kashyaps injury cost us a possible 2nd mens quota and prannoy showed a late surge but too late ...................... in the mixed doubles we have not had a good pair , but ashiwini - attri and jerry - sikki are both showing promise and feel next time we can have a quota in mixed doubles too - Hope for tokyo - 10 quotas Wrestling ( good improvement ) - This time around our wrestlers did us proud - 6 quotas but I felt we had the potential for quite few more - In greco where we showed some improvement - we were one bout away from Ravinder getting a quota in the asian in 66 kg GR and of course Hardeep in the 98 kg category will give new life to GR , in women's freestyle I feel we missed one more women's quota in Babita , Shilpi... in mens we had out chances with mausam in 97 kg and hitender in the 125..... so next time around I believe we can 2 GR + 3-4 FW + 5-6 FS........................... so hoping to have 10-11 wrestlers Rowing ( fall in quality ) - Due to the power play situation between the federation and coaches there was no discernable improvement in fact a fall in the quality ........... Hope for tokyo. I was suprised not to see at least the women rowers not even attempt qualification - hope for tokyo 2-3 Gymnastics ( sharp improvement ) - Dipa has given high exposure and Rakesh was unlucky to miss going to Rio test event ...possibly next time we could have possibly 2-3 gymnasts qualifying as I believe both Ashish and Rakesh can qualify ....... Weightlifting ( good improvement ) - In the last two years the womens team has improved leaps and bounds ........................ I feel they can easily get 50 +50 in the next cycle which shoudl bring them to 3 quotas ( .if you see in the 2015 cycle they have got 47 points and missed the two quota qualifier narrowly) ..in the men there is no great improvement so I am feeling that they will not be able to get more than 1 quota .................hopes for 4 weightlifters Sailing - ( no change ) despite varsha and aishwarya showing some sparks and nethra there is no change or significant improvement in sailing - chances of qualification remain bleak in tokyo Fencing ( Significant improvement ) - for the first time we were actually having some fencer in some vague possibility of qualification chances of qualification remain bleak in Tokyo cycling ( significant improvement ) - I believe we can have Deborah possibly qualifying based on the improvement she has shown over last few months ... so 1 cyclist Other sports - the misc sports where we have had some success at the local level - I believe we did not see any improvement in Taekwondo , Volleyball , canoeing, etc so withthe exception of Rowing and sailing which feel we had improvement in multiple key sports

Thanks for the info.................... It would be good to see what is the improvement in the higher weight freestyle team ..

thanks was wondering where .........as the rowing facilities are not particularly advanced

Looks impressive but where is this center ...is it planned ....mostly the rowing team has been trained with Baig in Hyderabad ....... and these facilities are not there

Indian Golf rankings Aditi Ashok gains one place ...she is on the borderline so that helps ...last week she was 58 this week she is 57 ...gains one place ........... Indian men retain their ranks and are relatively comfortable Anirban -24 SS chowrasia - 42

I agree completely ................ It will be between rimil and bombayla for the third place

This is the start program for the shanghai diamond league ...... I checked it the only two Indians I found were sudha singh and lalita in the 3000 SC...... maybe I have missed someone or and someone may be added later http://shanghai.diamondleague.com/programme-results/programme-results-shanghai/ by the way what is the entry criteria for the diamond league ?

no wild cards this time around........................ unfortunately for India as we seem to have had a good relationship with ATP and have got wild cards many times this article gives full details http://www.firstpost.com/sports/no-tennis-wildcards-at-rio-what-this-means-for-indias-chances-at-the-olympics-2753986.html

Baku world cup update in Judo Avtar Singh ( 90- category ) faced a really tough opponent Clerget axel of france in round 1 and lost but a reasonably close fight 0 vs 1-0-1 so not too bad ...clerget was the bronze medalist .......highest ranked indians Kalpana -52 kg ( 95th ) and Avtar -90kg ( 81st ) ...likely Indian to be sent to the olympics would still be Avtar

More likely they may be in intensive training for Rio so as to peak there and do not want any break....... there is not much chance after the reason level of form shown by the womens recurve team that they may change any member ( but yes if injury or any thing happens good to have a back up

seems to be a very slow week after the fairly hectic first week ...... I guess the next major event would be the women's world boxing championships in the 2-3 week of may ......

interesting situation....is this the only weight category where this issue is there

what is he currently ranked ?

priyanka finished the 20km walk for woman with a PB of 1:40:04 .......improving on her PB of 1:40:10 ......

also the only 2 non-European quotas given today ......good job by Sakshi and vinesh ......... Vinesh was awesome in the 48 kg category ....... gaining 50 points vs losing just 3 points

not a great performance at this level ....was hoping for someone to clock 1:20,,,,,,,, which would hv been a top 10. perf

may be for the best ...Sushil has not been participating at all while Narsingh won a world championship medal to qualify ...................................can we take the risk for all sushils greatness

There has been so such mention any way other than the face off between Sushil and Narsingh

a quick point ......................out of 12 qualifiers today for Rio in women's wrestling ...........Europe was so strong 10/12 qualifiers were from Europe ...the only two non europeans were the TWO s

I think satyawrat was replaced by Mausam as they felt he may have a better chance ................. This is not a completely bad Idea ............ as we saw that both sakshi and sandeep were replacements and did well

In the 48 kg category both have been overwhelming ....... I would love to see the final though it may be non-serious ..... In the very next bout India added the second non european - SAKSHI !!!!

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOREVER we will have TWO women wrestlers in the olympics

wow what a day ........................... Sakshi !!!!!!! but she was really running out of steam .......................

wow what a win .................VINEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESH